Henry W. Posamentier

Henry William Posamentier (born December 4, 1948) is an American geologist. He helped pioneer and develop the modern approach to sequence stratigraphy, blending the disciplines of sedimentology, stratigraphy, and depositional systems analysis, largely within the context of oil and gas exploration. During the past decade he pioneered and popularized the discipline of seismic geomorphology, which, when integrated with seismic geomorphology and seismic stratigraphy, leverages both 2D and 3D seismic data to better understand the paleogeographic distribution of lithologies.

Posamentier was born in Manhattan in New York City, the second son of Austrian-Jewish immigrants. He received his Bachelor of Science in geology in 1970 at the City College of New York. In 1973 he earned his Master of Arts in geology and in 1975 his Ph.D., both from Syracuse.

After a brief career in academia, Posamentier joined the oil and gas industry, working for assorted leading oil and gas firms. He currently works for Chevron Corporation in Houston, Texas.

Posamentier has two sons (Joshua, b. 1976 and Jordan, b. 1978) and three daughters (Michelle, b. 1989, Emilie, b. 1994, and Rebecca, b. 1995). He presently resides with his wife, Ceri, in Houston, Texas.

Honours and awards

*2008, SEPM Francis Pettijohn award for excellence in sedimentology
*2007, Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SCEG) award for best technical luncheon 2006
*2006, Link Award for best CSPG Luncheon presentation
*2006, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Distinguished Lecturer to Europe
*2004, Lind Award for best CSPG Luncheon presentation
*2001, Matson Award for best paper, AAPG Annual Meeting (Denver)
*2000, Best Oral Presentation SEPM/AAPG Annual Meeting (New Orleans)
*1998-1999, AAPG International Distinguished Lecturer to the Middle East
*1997, Elected Councilor for Sedimentology, SEPM,
*1996-1997, AAPG International Distinguished Lecturer to the Former Soviet Union
*1996, Elected to Russian Academy of Natural Science
*1996, Elected to International Academy (Russia) of Science and Nature and Society
*1992-1993, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (USA)
*1990, Best Oral Presentation, Energy and Minerals Division, AAPG Annual Convention (San Francisco)
*1990, Honorable Mention award for Best Poster Presentation at AAPG Annual Convention (San Francisco)
*1971-1972, Fulbright-Hays Fellowship to Austria

Publications

*1974: Late-, post-, and neo-glaciation in the Schobergruppe, East Tyrol, Austria; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 5, n. 1, p. 64.
*1975: Determination of past glacier behavior based on dendrochronology and dendroclimatology; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 7, n. 1, p. 108.
*1977: A new climatic model for glacier behavior of the Austrian Alps; Journal of Glaciology, v. 18, p. 57-65.
*1977: Dendroglaciology as an aid in determining alpine glaciation chronology: an evaluation; Seventh Biennial Meeting, Northeast North American Branch, International Glaciological Society, 11-13 February, 1977 (abstract).
*1977: Application of dendroglaciology in the Hohen Tauern, Austria; Dendrochronology Symposium, Tenth International INQUA Congress, Birmingham, England, August 19, 1977, Abstracts, p. 367.
*(co-authored with NICOLICH, M.) 1977: Time series transfer modeling of temperature and glacier snout behavior; Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 9, p. 1114.
*1978: Thoughts on ogive formation; Journal of Glaciology, v. 20, p. 218-220.
*(co-authored with NICOLICH, M.) 1978: Box-Jenkins transfer modeling of glacier activity and temperature, some recent advances; Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, 1978 (abstract).
*1979: Climate vs. glacier behavior in the Austrian Alps: reply to comments by M. Kuhn; Journal of Glaciology, v. 21, p. 275-277.
*(co-authored with NICOLICH, M.) 1979: Time series transfer modeling of temperature and glacier snout behavior; Journal of the International Association of Mathematical Geology.
*(co-authored with VAIL, P. R.) 1985: Eustatic controls on depositional stratal patterns; Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Research Conference No. 6, Sea Level Changes - An Integrated Approach, October 20-23, 1985 (Abstract and Poster).
*(co-authored with VAIL, P. R.) 1986: Clastic depositional stratal patterns on passive shelf margins; Soc. Econ. Paleont. Research Conference #7, Shelf Sedimentation, Shelf Sequences and Related Hydrocarbon Accumulation, Corpus Christi, TX, December 7-10, 1986, p. 28.
*(co-authored with VAIL, P. R.) 1986: Stratigraphic response to fluctuations of eustatic sea level; Geol. Soc. Amer. Annual Meeting, November 10-13, 1986 (Abstract).
*1987: Submarine fans and sea-level change in a sequence stratigraphic framework; Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Midyear Meeting, Austin TX, August 20-23, 1987.
*(co-authored with ERSKINE, R.D., MITCHUM, R.M., Jr., and VAIL, P. R.) 1987: Submarine fans in a sequence stratigraphic framework; Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, June 7-10, 1987 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with VAN WAGONER, J.C., MITCHUM, R.M., and VAIL, P.R.) 1987: An overview of the fundamentals of sequence stratigraphy and key definitions, in Balley, B., ed., Seismic Stratigraphy Atlas.
*1988: Submarine fans: recognition and occurrence within a sequence stratigraphic framework, in James, D.P., and Leckie, D.A., eds., Sequences, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology: Surface and Subsurface; Can. Soc. Pet. Geol. Mem 15, p. 582 (Abstract).
*1988: Fluvial deposition within a sequence stratigraphic framework, in James, D.P., and Leckie, D.A., eds., Sequences, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology: Surface and Subsurface; Can. Soc. Pet. Geol. Mem 15, p. 582-583 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with JERVEY, M. T., and VAIL, P. R.) 1988: Eustatic controls on clastic deposition I - conceptual framework, in C.K. Wilgus, B.S. Hastings, C.G.St.C. Kendall, H.W. Posamentier, C.A. Ross, and J.C. Van Wagoner, eds., Sea level change - an integrated approach; Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Spec. Publ. 42, p. 110-124.
*(co-authored with VAIL, P. R.) 1988: Sequence stratigraphy: sequences and systems tract development, in James, D.P., and Leckie, D.A., eds., Sequences, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology: Surface and Subsurface; Can. Soc. Pet. Geol. Mem 15, p. 582-583 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with VAIL, P. R.) 1988: Eustatic controls on clastic deposition II - sequence and systems tract models, in C.K. Wilgus, B.S. Hastings, C.G.St.C. Kendall, H.W. Posamentier, C.A. Ross, and J.C. Van Wagoner, eds., Sea level change - an integrated approach; Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Spec. Publ. 42, p. 125-154.
*(co-authored with VAN WAGONER, J.C., MITCHUM, R. M., Jr., VAIL, P.R., SARG, J.F., LOUTIT, T.S., and HARDENBOL, J.) 1988: An overview of the fundamentals of sequence stratigraphy and key definitions, in C.K. Wilgus, B.S. Hastings, C.G.St.C. Kendall, H.W. Posamentier, C.A. Ross, and J.C. Van Wagoner, eds., Sea level change - an integrated approach; Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Spec. Publ. 42, p. 39-45.
*(co-authored with WILGUS, C.K., HASTINGS, B.S., KENDALL, C.G.St.C., ROSS, C.A., and VAN WAGONER, J.C., 1988: Sea level change - an integrated approach; Soc. Econ. Paleont. Mineral. Spec. Publ. 42, 407 p.
*1989: Sequence stratigraphy and the utility of stratigraphic models; 28th International Congress, July 9-19, 1989, v. 2, p. 627-628.
*(co-authored with CHAMBERLAIN, C.J.) 1989: Viking lowstand beach deposition at Joarcam Field, Alberta; Can. Soc. Expl. Geophys./Can. Soc. Expl. Geol. Annual Convention - Exploration Update, June 11-15, 1989 p. 96-97 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with JAMES, D.P., and ALLEN, G.P.) 1989: Aspects of sequence stratigraphy: recent and ancient examples of forced regressions; British Sedimentologic Research Group, Annual Meeting, London, England, December, 1989, (Abstract)
*(co-authored with LECKIE, D.A., and ALLEN, G.P.) 1989: Stratigraphic response to relative sea level Change I: conceptual considerations; Am. Geophys. Union, Chapman Conference on Long-Term Sea Level Changes, Snowbird, Utah, April 17-20, 1989 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P. and LECKIE, D.A.) 1989: Stratigraphic Response to Relative Sea Level Change II: Development of a Depositional Sequence During the Pleistocene/Holocene; Am. Geophys. Union, Chapman Conference on Long-Term Sea Level Changes, Snowbird, Utah, April 17-20, 1989 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with LECKIE, D.A. and ALLEN, G.P.) 1989: Stratigraphic Response to Relative Sea Level Change III: Development of a Depositional Sequence During the Albian; Am. Geophys. Union, Chapman Conference on Long-Term Sea Level Changes, Snowbird, Utah, April 17-20, 1989 (Abstract)
*(co-authored with BERGER, Z.) 1990, The contribution of an integrated analysis of satellite imagery, gravity, and magnetic data to the recognition of structural/stratigraphic traps in the Alberta Basin, Canada; Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 3-6, 1990 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with BHATTACHARYA, J.) 1990: Applications of sequence stratigraphy in the Alberta foreland basin: examples from the Upper Cretaceous; Can. Soc. Expl. Geol. Annual Convention - Basin Perspectives, May 27-30, 1990 p. 29 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with JAMES, D.P. and ALLEN, G.P., 1990: Aspects of sequence stratigraphy: recent and ancient examples of forced regressions; Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 3-6, 1990 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with CHAMBERLAIN, C.J.) 1990: Joarcam Field, Alberta: a lowstand shoreline in a sequence stratigraphic framework; 13th International Sedimentological Congress, Nottingham, England, August 26-31, 1990, (Abstract), p. 433.
*(co-authored with TESSON, M., GENSOUS, B., ALLEN, G.P., and RAVENNE, C.) 1990: Lowstand wedge deposits: comparison of examples from the quaternary Rhone shelf and the Cretaceous Viking Formation (Alberta); Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, June 3-6, 1990 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with ERSKINE, R.D.) 1991: Seismic expression and recognition criteria of ancient submarine fans, in Weimer, P. and Link, M., eds., Seismic facies and sedimentary processes of submarine fans and turbidite systems, Springer-Verlag, p. 197-222.
*(co-authored with ERSKINE, R.D. and MITCHUM, R. M., Jr.) 1991: Models for submarine fan deposition within a sequence stratigraphic frameworks, in Weimer, P. and Link, M., eds., Seismic facies and sedimentary processes of submarine fans and turbidite systems, Springer-Verlag, p. 127-136.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1991: Facies and stratal patterns in incised valley complexes: examples from the recent Gironde Estuary (France) and the Cretaceous Viking Formation (Canada); Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, April 7-10, 1991, Abstracts with Programs, p. 70.
*(co-authored with JAMES, D.P.) 1991: Variations of the sequence stratigraphic model: past concepts, present understandings, and future directions; Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, April 7-10, 1991, Abstracts with Programs, p. 191.
*1991: The significance and recognition of erosional surfaces in a sequence stratigraphic framework: SEPM First Annual Theme Meeting; Continental Margins; Sedimentation, Tectonics, Eustasy, Climate, Portland, Oregon, August 15-18, 1991, Abstracts with Program, p. 27.
*1991: The application of sequence stratigraphy to prediction of aquifer occurrence and permeability distribution; GSA Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 21-24, 1991, Abstracts with Programs.
*(co-authored with GOODMAN, D.K.) 1991: Biostratigraphy in a sequence stratigraphic framework; 24th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, October 20-23, 1991, San Diego, CA, Program and Abstracts.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1991, The effects of base level control on sedimentation patterns in the fluvial/coastal environment; GSA Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 21-24, 1991, Abstracts with Programs.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P. and JAMES, D.P.) 1992, High resolution sequence stratigraphy - the East Coulee Delta, Alberta; Jour. Sed. Pet., v. 62, p. 310-317.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P., JAMES, D.P., and TESSON, M.) 1992: Forced regressions in a sequence stratigraphic framework: concepts, examples, and exploration significance; Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull., v. 76, p. 1687-1709.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1992: High-resolution sequeunce stratigraphy; concepts and applications; Applied Sequence Stratigraphy Symposium, Golden, CO, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, March 25-27, 1992.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1992: Siliciclastic sequence stratigraphic development in foreland ramp-type basins, with examples from the Viking Formation in south-central Alberta, Canada; Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, June 21-24, 1992, Abstracts with Programs.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1992: On the origin and subsequent transgressive modification of incised valleys; Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol., Annual Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, June 21-24, 1992, Abstracts with Programs.
*1992: Conceptual problems in sequence stratigraphy; SEG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 29, 1992.
*1993: Stratigraphy, in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, p. 385-389.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1993: Sequence stratigraphy and facies model of an incised valley fill: the Gironde estuary, France; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 63, p. 378-391.
*(co-authored with NORMARK, W.R. and MUTTI, E., 1993: Turbidite systems: state of the art and future directions; Reviews of Geophysics, v. 31, p. 91-116.
*(co-authored with JAMES, D.P.) 1993: An overview of sequence stratigraphic concepts: uses and abuses, in H.W. Posamentier, C.P. Summerhayes, B.U. Haq, and G.P. Allen, eds., Sequence stratigraphy and facies associations: International Assoc. Sed., Special Publication 18, p. 3-18.
*(co-authored with CHAMBERLAIN, C.J.) 1993: Sequence Stratigraphic Analysis of Viking Formation Lowstand Beach Deposition at Joarcam Field, Alberta, Canada, in H.W. Posamentier, C.P. Summerhayes, B.U. Haq, and G.P. Allen, eds., International Assoc. Sed., Special Publication 18, p. 469-485.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1993: The “healing phase” - a commonly overlooked component of the transgressive systems tract; (abstract) AAPG Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, April 25-28, 1993, Programs with Abstracts, p. 167.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1993: Variability of the sequence stratigraphic model: effects of local basin factors; European Union of Geosciences VII, Strasbourg, France, April 4-8, 1993, Abstract Supplement No. 1, TERRA nova, v. 5, p. 12.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1993: Recent advances in sequence stratigraphy: the lowstand and transgressive systems tract; AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, the Hague, Netherlands, October 17-20, 1993.
*(co-authored with WEIMER, P.) 1993: Siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy and petroleum geology - where to from here?; AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, p. 731-742.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1993: Siliciclastic sequence stratigraphic patterns in foreland ramp-type basins; Geology, v. 21, p. 455-458.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1993: Variability of the sequence stratigraphic model: effects of local basin factors; Sedimentary Geology, v. 86, p. 91-109.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1993: Geological controls on fluvial aggradation and incision and their significance within a sequence stratigraphic framework; 5th International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Brisbane, Australia, Conference Proceedings, p. 108.
*(co-authored with WEIMER, P.) 1993: Recent advances and applications of siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy, in P.W. Weimer and H.W. Posamentier, eds., Siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy: recent developments and applications; AAPG Memoir 58, p. 3-12.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1994: Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Model of an Incised Valley Fill: The Gironde Estuary, France - Reply to Discussion by Martinsen and Helland-Hansen; Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vB64, p. 81-84.
*(co-authored with BHATTACHARYA, J.P.) 1994: Sequence stratigraphic and allostratigraphic applications in the Alberta foreland basin; in Mossop, G.D., and Shetsen, I., eds., Geological Atlas of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists/Alberta Research Council, p. 407-412.
*(co-authored with SCHAFER, D.B.) 1994: Development Drilling and Assessment in a 30-year Old Oil Field: New Opportunities Through the Integration of Depositional System and Sequence Stratigraphic Analyses with Cumulative Production Histories; AAPG Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 12-15, 1993.
*(co-authored with SCHAFER, D.B.) 1994: The Role of Conventional Core Analysis in Evaluation of Perforation Strategy; Grand Isle 43 Field, Gulf of Mexico; AAPG Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 12-15, 1993.
*(co-authored with WILSON, G.) 1994: High-Resolution Stratigraphic Framework for the Kuparuk River Formation “A” Sandstone, Kuparuk River Unit, Alaska; AAPG Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 12-15, 1993.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1994: The role of tectonics and eustasy in the development of stratal architecture in foreland basins; AAPG Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, June 12-15, 1993.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1994: Transgressive facies and sequence architecture in mixed tide- and wave-dominated incised valleys: example from the Gironde Estuary, France, in R. Dalrymple, B. Zaitlin, and R. Boyd, eds., Incised valley systenms: origin and sedimentary sequences: SEPM Special Publication 51, p. 225-240.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1994: Silicicalstic sequence stratigraphy - concepts and applications; AAPG Course Notes, 89 p.
*(co-authored with MORRIS, W.R., BHATTACHARYA, J.P., KUPECZ, J.A., LOOMIS, K.B., LOPEZ-BLANCO, M., WU, C., KENDALL, B.A., LANDIS, C.R., SPEAR, D.B., and THOMPSON, P.R.) 1995: Cretaceous Panther Tongue Sandstone Outcrop Case Study I: Regional sequence stratigraphic analysis; AAPG Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 5-8, 1995.
*(co-authored with MORRIS, W.R., LOOMIS, K.B., BHATTACHARYA, J.P., KUPECZ, J.A., WU, C., LOPEZ-BLANCO, M., THOMPSON, P.R., SPEAR, D.B., LANDIS, C.R., and KENDALL, B.A.) 1995: Cretaceous Panther Tongue Sandstone Outcrop Case Study II: Evolution of delta type within a forced regression; AAPG Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, March 5-8, 1995.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V. and EICHENSEER, H.) 1995: Stranded parasequences and the forced regressive wedge systems tract: deposition during base level fall - a discussion: Sedimentary Geology, v. 95, p. 139-145.
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1995: Some new developments in sequence stratigraphy and variations on the General Sequence Model; International Symposium on Sequence Stratigraphy in South East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 12-20, 1995 (extended abstract).
*(co-authored with ALLEN, G.P.) 1995: Recent examples of sequence stratigraphic patterns: a key to the past; International Symposium on Sequence Stratigraphy in South East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 12-20, 1995 (extended abstract).
*1995: Controls on forced regression stratal architecture, in: Hunt, D., Gawthorpe, R., and Docherty, M., Conveners, Sedimentary Responses to Forced Regression: Recognition, Interpretation and Reservoir Potential, 7 and 8, September, 1995, London, UK, p. 6-8.
*1996: Sequence stratigraphy and its role in sedimentary basin fill analysis: 125 Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of Sweden, October 16-18, 1996, Geologiska Foreningen I Stockholm (GFF), v. 118, p. A4.
*1996: Imaging elements of depositional systems with 3-D seismic data: principles and applications: Pacht, J., ed., Proceedings GCSEPM Research Conference, Houston, TX., p. 312-324.
*(co-authored with MORRIS, W.R.) 1996: Forced regressions revisited; stratal architecture of and recognition criteria for forced regressive deposits; AAPG Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1996
*(co-authored with MORRIS, W.R.) 1997: Stratigraphy of Deep-Water Turbidites; a Dynamic Geomorphological Approach: Proceedings, Tectonics, Stratigraphy, and Petroleum Systems of Borneo,
*(co-authored with MORRIS, W.R.) 1997: Stratigraphy of deep-water systems; Part I, process geomorphological classification: AAPG Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, April, 1997, p. 236.
*(co-authored with MORRIS, W.R.) 1997: Stratigraphy of deep-water systems; Part II, application of a process geomorphological classification: AAPG Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, April, 1997, p. 190.
*(co-authored with LIU, X. and J. BHATTACHARYA) 1998, 3-D seismic expression of fluvial to deltaic deposits-an example from the Gulf of Mexico: AAPG 1998 Annual Convention Abstract, May 17-28, p. 407.
*(co-authored with W. SUYENAGA, D. RUFAIDA, R. MEYRICK, and S.G. PEMBERTON) 1998, Stratigraphic analysis of the Main Member of the Upper Cibulakan Formation at E Field, offshore Northwest Java, Indonesia: Proceedings of the 26th Indonesia Petroleum Association, p. 129-153.
*(co-authored with TESSON, M. and B. GENSOUS) 1998, Stratigraphic Organization of Late Pleistocene Deposits of the Western Part of the Golfe du Lion Shelf, Western Mediterranean Sea, Using High Resolution Seismic and Core Data: AAPG International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Abstract).
*1998, Modifications of the Sequence Stratigraphic Model with Emphasis on Passive Margins: AAPG International Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Abstract).
*1999, 3D Seismic Visualization of Shelf Ridges: Case study from Offshore Northwest Java: Proceedings of the 27th Indonesia Petroleum Association, p. XX-XX.
*(co-authored with BASDEN, W.A. and R.A. NOBLE) 1999, Structural history of the Terang and Sirasun Fields and the impact upon timing of charge and reservoir performance, Kangean PSC, East Java Sea, Indonesia: Proceedings of the 27th Indonesia Petroleum Association, p. XX-XX.
*(TESSON, M. and B. GENSOUS) 2000, Stratigraphic Organization of Late Pleistocene Deposits of the Western Part of the Golfe du Lion Shelf (Languedoc Shelf), Western Mediterranean Sea, Using High Resolution Seismic and Core Data: AAPG Bulletin, v. 84, p. 119-150.
*(co-authored with W.R. MORRIS) 2000, Aspects of the stratal architecture of forced regressions, in R. Gawthorpe and D. Hunt, eds., Forced Regression: Geological Society of London, Special Publication 172, pp. 19-46.
*(co-authored with G.P. ALLEN) 2000, Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy: Concepts and Applications: Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology, v. 9, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Tulsa, OK, 210 p.
*2000, Seismic and lithologic expression of Miocene shelf ridges on the South Java Sea Shelf: AAPG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, April 16-19, 2000, p. A118 (abstract).
*2000, Seismic stratigraphy into the next millennium; a focus on 3D seismic data: New Orleans, April 16-19, 2000, p. A118 (abstract).
*2000, Case studies of lowstand alluvial bypass systems: incised vs. unincised: New Orleans, April 16-19, 2000, p. A118 (abstract).
*(co-authored with MORRIS, W.R., R.C. HANNON, K.P. HELMOLD, and D.G. KNOCK) 2000, Jurassic Alpine sandstone, North Slope, Alaska: an example of shoreface deposition within a punctuated transgressive succession: New Orleans, April 16-19, 2000, p. A102 (abstract).
*(co-authored with KONKLER, J.L., D.S. HASTINGS, and D.H. MCGIMSEY) 2000, Tabasco sands, North Slope Alaska: an incised valley mapped with 3D seismic data: New Orleans, April 16-19, 2000, p. A80 (abstract).
*2000, Incised valleys and fluvial systems; insights from 3D seismic data: GeoCanada 2000, May 29-June 2, 2000, Extended Abstracts.
*2000, Deep-Water depositional systems – ultra-deep Makassar Strait, Indonesia; GCSSEPM Research Conference, Houston, TX, December 4-6, 2000, Proceedings Volume, p. 806-816.
*2000, Mid-Shelf Lowstand and Transgressive Systems Tract Deposits of Southeast Asia: Examples from offshore Java and Malaysia; AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, October 15-18, 2000 (Abstract).
*(co-authored with BASDEN, W.A.) 2000, Depositional systems at the continental margin: 3D seismic case study from offshore Northeast Java; AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, October 15-18, 2000 (Abstract).
*2001, Lowstand alluvial bypass systems: incised vs. unincised: AAPG Bulletin, v. 85, p. 1771-1793.
*2001, On the role of flow stripping and the deposition of channel levees and frontal splays in deep-water systems; evidence from 3-D seismic data; AAPG International Conference, Denver, CO, June 3-6, 2001 (Extended Abstract).
*2001, Seismic Geomorphology and depositional systems of deep-water environments; observations from offshore Nigeria, Gulf of Mexico, and Indonesia; AAPG International Conference, Denver, CO, June 3-6, 2001 (Extended Abstract).
*2001, Mid-Shelf Lowstand and Transgressive Systems Tract Deposits of Southeast Asia: Examples from Offshore Java and Malaysia; AAPG International Conference, Denver, CO, June 3-6, 2001 (Extended Abstract), p. A-160.
*2001, In over our heads? Braving the world of deep-water exploration: challenges, technologies, and current understanding; Geological Association of Canada and Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting, St. Johns, Newfoundland, p. 121.
*2002, Ancient shelf ridges – a potentially significant component of the transgressive systems tract: case study from offshore northwest Java: AAPG Bulletin, v. 86, p. 75-106.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V. and IMRAN, J.) 2002, Deepwater sinuous channels and reservoir architecture; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-95-96.
*(co-authored with NORMARK, W.R., PIPER, D.J.W., PIRMEZ, C., and MIGEON, S.) 2002, Variability in form and growth of sediment waves on turbidite channel levees; Marine Geology, v. 192, p. 23-58.
*2002, Sequence stratigraphy past, present and future, and the role of 3-D seismic data; in J.M. Armentrout and N.C. Rosen, eds., Sequence Stratigraphic Models for Exploration and Production: Evolving Methodology, Emerging Models, and Application Histories, 22nd Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, p. 37-54.
*2002, Seismic geomorphology and seismic stratigraphy of deep-water depositional elements; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-95-96.
*2002, 3D seismic geomorphology and stratigraphy of deep-water debris flow deposits; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-142.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V.) 2002, Anatomy and evolution of deep-water channels: case studies from Nigeria and the Gulf of Mexico; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-142.
*2002, Sequence stratigraphy past, present and future; the challenge of integrating 3D seismic data; CSPG Annual Meeting, p. 282.
*(co-authored with WALKER, R.G.) 2002, Turbidite facies Models; integrating subsurface and outcrop; CSPG Annual Meeting, p. 283.
*(co-authored with BYRNE, C., COLLAZOS, J.P., HARALDSON-RADFORD, N., JOHNSON, C., KRENTZ, D., MCLAUGHLIN, R., MILLER, M., MITCHELMORE, M., and SCHOOMAKER, M.) 2002, Analysis of depositional systems based on seismic geomorphology and stratigraphy integrated with borehole data: case studies from the western Canadian sedimentary basin; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-143.
*2003, Depositional elements associated with a basin floor channel-levee system: case study from the Gulf of Mexico; Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 20, p. 677-690.
*2003, A linked shelf-edge delta and slope-channel turbidite system: 3D seismic case study from the eastern Gulf of Mexico; in H.H. Roberts, N.C. Rosen, R.H. Fillon, J.B. Anderson, eds., Shelf Margin Deltas and Linked Down Slope Petroleum Systems: Global Signfiicance and Future Exploration Potential, 23rd Annual GCSSEPM Foundation Bob F. Perkins Research Conference, p. 115-134.
*2003, Seismic geomorphology – new tricks for an old dog; CSPG Reservoir, v. 30, p. 19-30.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V. and BOURGES, P.) 2003, Lobe- and sheet-form depositional elements and channel avulsions and occurrence in deepwater settings – allocyclic versus autocyclic controls; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-95.
*2003, Seismic geomorphology and stratigraphy of submarine canyons – insights regarding genesis, evolution, and fill, based on 3-D seismic data; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-140.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V.) 2003, Anatomy of a deep-water channel avulsion – example from the basin floor of the DeSoto Canyon area, Gulf of Mexico; AAPG Annual Meeting, p. A-140.
*2003, Seismic geomorphologic and seismic stratigraphic analyses using 3-D seismic visualization techniques: examples from the Gulf of Mexico and the western Canadian sedimentary basin; AAPG International Meeting, Cairo, Egypt, p. A-140.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V.) 2003, Seismic geomorphology and stratigraphy of depositional elements in deep-water settings; Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 73, p. 367-388.
*2003, Application of 3D seismic visualization techniques for seismic stratigraphy, seismic geomorphology, and depositional systems analysis: examples from fluvial to deep-marine depositional environments; 6th Petroleum Geology Conference; North West Europe and Global Perspectives, London, UK., p. 130.
*2004, Seismic geomorphology – Imaging elements of depositional systems from shelf to deep basin using 3D seismic data: implications for exploration and development; Geological Society of London (in press).
*2004, Seismic geomorphology – imaging elements of depositional systems from shelf to deep basin using 3D seismic data: implications for exploration and development: in R. Ray and W. Pearson, eds., 3D Seismic Symposium; a one day conference highlighting 3-D Seismic Case Histories, February 27, 2004, Denver, CO, Abstract with Programs (keynote address).
*2004, 3-D yields Strat, Geologic Insights; AAPG Explorer, February 2004, p. 26-27.
*2004, Application of 3D seismic visualization techniques for seismic stratigraphy, seismic geomorphology and depositional systems analysis; in R. Davies, ed., 3D Seismic Visualization, Geological Society, London, Memoir 29, p. 11-24.
*(co-authored with GISH, D. and BURTON, J.) 2004, Cretaceous (Brookian) deep-water deposits of the Alaskan north slope: evidence from 3D seismic data; CSPG Annual Conference.
*2004, Stratigraphy and geomorphology of deep-water mass transport complexes based on 3D seismic data; Offshore Technology Conference, Houston TX. (Extended Abstract – keynote address).
*(co-authored with MINKEN, J. and SLATT, R.) 2004, Erosional Remnants in Deep-Water Channel Systems: Outcrop and Subsurface Characterization; AAPG Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (Abstract), p. A97-98.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V., FACHMI, M., and WOOD, L.J.) 2004, Modes of the Evolution of Deep-water and Fluvial Meander Channels; AAPG Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (Abstract), p. A77.
*2004, The Stratigraphy and Evolution of the Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico; AAPG Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (Abstract), p. A113.
*(co-authored with WALKER, R.G.) 2004, Turbidite facies models; AAPG Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (Abstract – keynote address), p. A113.
*2004, Sequence stratigraphy of deep-water deposits based on integration of seismic stratigraphy and seismic geomorphology using 3D seismic data; International Geological Congress, Florence Italy (extended abstract – keynote address).
*2005, Application of 3D seismic visualization techniques for seismic stratigraphy, seismic geomorphology and depositional systems analysis: examples from fluvial to deep-marine depositional environments; in Dore, A.G., and Vining, B.A., eds., Petroleum Geology: North-West Europe and Global Perspectives – Proceedings of the 6th Petroleum Geology Conference, p. 1565-1576.
*(co-authored with DAVIES, R.J.) 2005, Geologic processes in sedimentary basins inferred from three-dimensional seismic imaging: GSA Today, v. 15, p. 4-9.
*(co-authored with LAURIN, P.) 2005, Seismic geomorphology of Oligocene to Miocene carbonate buildups offshore Madura, Indonesia: SEG Annual meeting Proceedings, p. 1-3.
*2005, Stratigraphy and geomorphology of deep-water mass transport complexes based on 3D seismic data: SEG Annual meeting Proceedings, p. 1-4.
*(co-authored with KOLLA, V., FACHMI, M., and WOOD, L.J.) 2005, Similarities and dissimilarities, and modes of the evolution of deep-water and fluvial meander channels: Seismic Geomorphology – Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Proceedings, Houston TX, 10-11 February, 2005. (Abstract).
*Seismic geomorphology in exploration and development: Seismic Geomorphology – Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Proceedings, Houston TX, 10-11 February, 2005. (Abstract).
*(co-authored with LAURIN, P.) 2005, Seismic Geomorphology of Oligocene to Miocene carbonate buildups offshore Madura, Indonesia: 3D seismic visualization techniques and workflows: AAPG Annual meeting Proceedings, (Abstract).
*(co-authored with WOOD, L.J.) 2005, Seismic geomorphology in exploration and development; workflows and applications: AAPG Annual meeting Proceedings, (Abstract).
*2005, Analysis of Deep-Water Mass Transport Complexes Based on 3D Seismic Data: 2nd. International Conference on Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences 2005, 5-7 September, Oslo, Norway, Proceedings (Abstract).
*(co-authored with MARTINSEN, O.) 2006, The character and genesis of mass transport complexes I: geomorphology and process sedimentology from 3D seismic data: AAPG Annual meeting Proceedings, (Abstract), p. 87.
*(co-authored with MARTINSEN, O.) 2006, The character and genesis of mass transport complexes II: processes, classification and insights from outcrops: AAPG Annual meeting Proceedings, (Abstract), p. 69-70.
*(co-authored with MARTINSEN, O.) 2006, Application of the sequence stratigraphic approach: models versus first principles: AAPG Annual meeting Proceedings, (Abstract), p. 69.
*(co-authored with WALKER, R.G.) 2006, Deep-water turbidites and submarine fans: SEPM Special Publication 84, p. 399-520.
*(co-authored with DAVIES, R.J., CARTWRIGHT, J.A., and WOOD, L.J.) 2007, Seismic geomorphology – an overview: in: Davies, R.J., Posamentier, H.W., Wood, L.J., and Cartwright, J.A., (eds.), Seismic geomorphology: applications to hydrocarbon exploration and production: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 277, p. 1-14.

Books Edited

*AAPG Memoir 58: Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy: Recent Developments and Applications, 1993*Geological Society, London, Special Publication 277, Seismic Geomorphology: Applications to *Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production
*IAS Special Publication 18: Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Associations, 1993
*NUNA Conference on High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy, Proceedings Volume, 1991
*Second High Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy, Proceedings Volume, 1994
*SEPM Special Publication 42: Sea Level Change - an Integrated Approach, 1988
*SEPM Special Publication 76, Tropical Deltas of Southeast Asia, 2003
*SEPM Special Publication 84, Facies Models Revisited, 2006
*SEPM Special Publication (in press) Mass Transport Deposits

Invited Lecturer

*Abu Dhabi Geological Society
*Alberta Geological Society
*Alberta Research Council
*Almaty, Kazakhstan
*Aramco Geological Society
*Azerbeijan Geological Society
*Ball State University
*Bulgarian Geological Society, Sofia
*Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin
*ChevronTexaco Technology Forum
*China National Offshore Oil Company, Beijing, China
*City College of New York
*Colorado School of Mines
*Colorado State University
*Czech Geological Society, Prague
*Dalhousie University
*Dallas Geological Society
*Egyptian Geological Society
*French Geological Society, Paris
*Geological Society of Oman
*Hebrew University, Israel
*Houston Geological Society
*Hungarian Geological Society, Budapest
*Indiana University
*Indonesia Petroleum Association
*Institute of Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology, Calgary
*ITB University, Bandung, Indonesia
*Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory
*Malaysian Geological Society
*McMaster University
*Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology
*Montana Geological Society
*Moscow University
*New Orleans Geological Society
*North Texas Geological Society
*Ohio State University
*Okha, Sakhalin, Russia
*ONGC India, Chennai
*ONGC India, Mumbai
*Ottawa University*Petrobras, Brazil
*Portland State Geological Society
*Robert Sheriff Distinguished Lecture; Houston
*Rutgers University
*Saskatchewan Geological Society
*SEPM Annual Meeting Luncheon Presentation
*St. Petersburg, Russia
*Stanford University
*Syracuse University
*Tulsa Geological Society
*Turkish Geological Society
*Tyumen University
*Universidade Federaldo Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
*University of Alberta
*University of Calgary
*University of Copenhagen
*University of Gadja Mada, Jajakarta, Indonesia
*University of Liverpool
*University of Pittsburgh
*University of Saskatchewan
*University of Texas at Austin
*University of Utrecht
*University of Wisconsin
*University of Wyoming
*US Geological Survey, Denver
*US Geological Survey, Menlo Park
*Vietnam Petroleum Institute
*West Texas Geological Society
*Wyoming Geological Association
*Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russia